From the Environmental Defense Fund (https://www.edf.org/): About 40% of Arctic sea ice has melted since 1979. Without urgent action to tackle climate change, scientists predict Arctic sea ice could disappear around 2050, wiping out polar bears and other animals that need … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Oil and gas drilling doesn’t belong in the Arctic. Yet Australian oil company 88 Energy is once again trying to drill at the doorstep of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Gates of the Arctic National Park. … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): It’s time to lift your voice for America’s polar bears! This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced its plan to begin a 5-year status review for polar bears under the Endangered … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): We all agree the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge deserves permanent protection as one of our most iconic wildlife refuges at the center of the climate crisis. Vital to the way of life for the … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Right now, polar bear cubs and their famished mothers in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be heading toward the coast in search of food after months of hibernation. This refuge is the most important land-denning site … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We have a chance to protect sea otters, harbor seals and other marine wildlife from offshore drilling — for good. In September, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would block dirty, destructive drilling off … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Recently the New York Times exposed this administration’s corrupt tactics to justify drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. One brazen example: Instead of generating the projected $1.8 billion in revenue originally touted by … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Imagine: A thick, black, tarry substance flows into your home, coating your body and preventing you from keeping warm, causing you to slip into hypothermia. This is what life is like after an oil spill for a … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Our most pristine wilderness is in jeopardy. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has just put forth plans that would usher drilling into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain. Drilling would scar the land and endanger … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): This year, a company called SAExploration could be surveying for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Massive trucks would crawl across the tundra, sending shockwaves into the ground right in prime polar bear denning … Continued